EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dr. Ellen Kanervo has led the Clarksville Arts & Heritage Development Council as executive director since 2010. As an Austin Peay State University professor emerita of mass communication, Kanervo has a distinguished record of teaching, research and service as a faculty member, representing Austin Peay State University in Leadership Clarksville, and serving on the planning committee for Tennessee Women in Higher Education annual convention, 1996-97. Kanervo also has an outstanding record of service to the community and was named a Volunteer of the Year in 2010 by Mayor Johnny Piper. She has served on many Clarksville nonprofit boards, including the Roxy Regional Theatre and the Urban Ministries. Since her retirement from APSU in 2007, she has edited or co-edited five books dealing with Clarksville’s history, including The Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams: A Southern Woman’s Story of Rebellion and Reconstruction, 1863-1890 and The Diary of Serepta Jordan: A Southern Woman’s Struggle with War and Family, 1857-1864.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Louisa Cooke, President
Kitty Harvill, Vice President
Yvonne Kendall, Secretary
Nick Nicholson, Treasurer
Lee Ellen Beach
Jordan Burns
Carolyn Ferrell
Brenda Harper
Pam Hoon
Ray Rosado
Thomasa Ross
David E. Smith
The Clarksville-Montgomery County Arts & Heritage Development Council Board of Directors generally meets on the fourth Thursday of the month from 4:00pm to 5:00pm at the Montgomery County Public Library. Meeting times and places are subject to change in the event of a conflict.